[Jayce]

Okay, so I'm working with Vista Ultimate 64 bit here along with vLite. I'm using Ubuntu Hardy/XP Pro currently and I will be upgrading both OS's to Ubuntu Intrepid 64 bit + Vista Ultimate 64 bit. Due to problems I had with XP Pro and my motherboard (since XP didn't have my SATA driver installed - how nice of them) I had to slipstream the driver to a new XP cd (or else use a floppy, which I haven't owned one of those in years). So, I'm trying to cut the BS this time and use vLite.

Now, I'm typing this from memory, since I'm back in Ubuntu as I type this... but... I installed vLite from download.com and it says it's compatible to install on XP Pro.

But when I go to run it, it prompts me to install MAIK. Okay, fine. I click install, it goes to Microsoft web site which has me download this 2gb iso file and burn it as an image. Okay, I do that. I install everything on this image DVD after it's all said and done. Okay! Back to vLite.

So I open vLite, and it still prompts me to install this BS. I click install, back to MS's site I go. But, I thought I installed everything on it. Why am I going in circles?


...Or if someone could verify if Vista would have Asus P5QL SATA drivers pre-configured that'd work too!

[Mak213]

I cant verify nor give a solution as i havent used vlite before. But i can say that Vista does have jsut about every type of SATA Driver on there by default. It had mine from a Dimension 8400 from Beta 1 to RTM. Not even the Longhorn Betas had the SATA Drivers as i couldnt isntall them.

Best option. Just try to go thru the installer first. See if it rexognizes the drives. But dont go thru the whole install till you are ready. Just get to the part where it selects the drives. If they are listed it has your drivers.

Long way yes. But worth the effort if they are there so you dont have to mess with vlite.

[Jayce]

Yeah, it was also more of a curiosity thing too to kill time for the time being.

At the time of this writing, 12:30 AM, there's 1 day to go till Ubuntu Intrepid's final release comes out... at which point I will do flat installs of both OS's. So in that day or two time I had sitting around I was just tinkering with it to get it working from the get-go so I wouldn't have to run into that again. But, XP is also 7 years old or so, whereas Vista is a bit more up to date. Hopefully I won't run into that again.

Now if only Intrepid can get here so I can get this ball rolling...

[KurrentEweser]

To get vlite to work you'll need to install vLite 1.1.6 first and then install the latest version on top of v1.1.6. Forget about installing MAIK.

[Jayce]

Originally Posted by KurrentEweser

To get vlite to work you'll need to install vLite 1.1.6 first and then install the latest version on top of v1.1.6. Forget about installing MAIK.

Thanks for the tip. Although I'm sure I'll be all right with this, I'm going to tinker with vLite in the next day or so to get familiar with it.

[EricB]

you need nlite for xp. vlite is for vista. it was taking me to change too, so I got my vista 64 bit sp1from somewhere else.